Dear Professor Brown,
My name is Charles Fite, but I go by Charley. I am from the small and close knit Belmont, North Carolina. I only live thirty minutes away but I decided to live on campus so I could have the typical college experience. My father went to UNC Charlotte back when the campus and number of students were about one-fourth of the size they are today, but I didn’t expect that this would be where I spent my college years until the last few months of high school. Originally, my plan was to attend either UNC Chapel Hill or Appalachian State University. Once I was accepted to UNC Charlotte I decided to at least tour it and give it a chance because, despite growing up not too far from this college I had never actually visited the school, nor had I known a lot about it. During my tour the incredibly beautiful and modern campus blew me away. I later learned about the different programs and advantages there are to being enrolled here. I was very intrigued by UNC Charlotte’s Meteorology program so I contacted a professor, talked to him in person, and felt very welcomed like he actually cared about helping me great a future path for success. It was difficult deciding on a college but something about UNC Charlotte felt right in my gut and so far I have no regrets.
I do look forward to being a part of your class so I can expand and improve my writing capabilities. My expectations for this course include learning more advanced ways of writing about different types of topics, and how to better interpret books or articles that I read. My only concern is that I’d like to know in more detail how the course is set up. If you don’t mind, it would be helpful if you could explain what we should be expect to do in class most of the time and what we should expect as far as homework and other assignments go.
I am not too worried about being able to comprehend and utilize the material we learn, however, I do not claim to be an outstanding reader and writer. My weakness in reading is mostly the speed at which I do so. When it comes to inferring different meanings out of the readings, I am not too worried, yet I know that there is always room for improvement. As a writer, I struggle in phrasing my sentences in the best way to get my point across and also sound like I know what I’m doing. When I write I typically take longer to come up with a finished product because I spend a lot time trying to word sentences in more understandable ways. My English teachers in high school told me they saw potential in me but that I just needed a lot more experience. Once, a teacher had me enter a speech that I wrote into an oratorical contest and I believe it pushed me to end up creating a decent piece of writing, even if I didn’t get first place. I was nervous in front of a crowd but it ended up preparing me for my senior year where I spent a lot of time in front of crowds between getting my Eagle Scout Award, and playing a trumpet solo in front of a stadium at football games. Those two interesting facts don’t have a lot to do with writing in particular, but they are other examples of different times in my life that I had to push myself to reach a goal. I will be experiencing many other moments like this during the next few years of college.
After reading through your syllabus I decided the quote that I favor the most is the one by Sylvester McCoy where he states “Humanity is a mess of contradictions: the whole experience can be a tad overwhelming. Isn’t it wonderful?” I chose that quote because it mentions how messy and crazy it is to go through the human experience, but all of that craziness is what makes us human. I have my own saying where I say, “You have to have bad days to be able to appreciate the good days.” I believe you put McCoy’s quote on the syllabus because we all have to have that overwhelming human experience so we can write about it. All of life’s good and bad things are hard to wrap our head around but it all comes together to make us who we are, and that is why it is wonderful. I also liked that you placed that quote right after you mentioned the goals we should hope to fulfill by the end of the course. Goals are long tedious things we try to achieve and there are undoubtedly many road bumps along the way, but in the end all of the work becomes worth it once we reach that goal. That goes right along with the quote stating that life’s contradictions are wonderful. That quote is definitely one I will aim to remember as I go through this course, and throughout life.
Lastly, my only question to you was one I already had stated earlier in the letter: will you be able to give us a more detailed outline of what we should expect on the typical day of class, and what to expect as far as homework goes, too? It was a pleasure writing you this letter and I hope my writing capabilities will improve in your class so if I write you another letter, it will be even better.
Sincerely,
Charley Fite
My name is Charles Fite, but I go by Charley. I am from the small and close knit Belmont, North Carolina. I only live thirty minutes away but I decided to live on campus so I could have the typical college experience. My father went to UNC Charlotte back when the campus and number of students were about one-fourth of the size they are today, but I didn’t expect that this would be where I spent my college years until the last few months of high school. Originally, my plan was to attend either UNC Chapel Hill or Appalachian State University. Once I was accepted to UNC Charlotte I decided to at least tour it and give it a chance because, despite growing up not too far from this college I had never actually visited the school, nor had I known a lot about it. During my tour the incredibly beautiful and modern campus blew me away. I later learned about the different programs and advantages there are to being enrolled here. I was very intrigued by UNC Charlotte’s Meteorology program so I contacted a professor, talked to him in person, and felt very welcomed like he actually cared about helping me great a future path for success. It was difficult deciding on a college but something about UNC Charlotte felt right in my gut and so far I have no regrets.
I do look forward to being a part of your class so I can expand and improve my writing capabilities. My expectations for this course include learning more advanced ways of writing about different types of topics, and how to better interpret books or articles that I read. My only concern is that I’d like to know in more detail how the course is set up. If you don’t mind, it would be helpful if you could explain what we should be expect to do in class most of the time and what we should expect as far as homework and other assignments go.
I am not too worried about being able to comprehend and utilize the material we learn, however, I do not claim to be an outstanding reader and writer. My weakness in reading is mostly the speed at which I do so. When it comes to inferring different meanings out of the readings, I am not too worried, yet I know that there is always room for improvement. As a writer, I struggle in phrasing my sentences in the best way to get my point across and also sound like I know what I’m doing. When I write I typically take longer to come up with a finished product because I spend a lot time trying to word sentences in more understandable ways. My English teachers in high school told me they saw potential in me but that I just needed a lot more experience. Once, a teacher had me enter a speech that I wrote into an oratorical contest and I believe it pushed me to end up creating a decent piece of writing, even if I didn’t get first place. I was nervous in front of a crowd but it ended up preparing me for my senior year where I spent a lot of time in front of crowds between getting my Eagle Scout Award, and playing a trumpet solo in front of a stadium at football games. Those two interesting facts don’t have a lot to do with writing in particular, but they are other examples of different times in my life that I had to push myself to reach a goal. I will be experiencing many other moments like this during the next few years of college.
After reading through your syllabus I decided the quote that I favor the most is the one by Sylvester McCoy where he states “Humanity is a mess of contradictions: the whole experience can be a tad overwhelming. Isn’t it wonderful?” I chose that quote because it mentions how messy and crazy it is to go through the human experience, but all of that craziness is what makes us human. I have my own saying where I say, “You have to have bad days to be able to appreciate the good days.” I believe you put McCoy’s quote on the syllabus because we all have to have that overwhelming human experience so we can write about it. All of life’s good and bad things are hard to wrap our head around but it all comes together to make us who we are, and that is why it is wonderful. I also liked that you placed that quote right after you mentioned the goals we should hope to fulfill by the end of the course. Goals are long tedious things we try to achieve and there are undoubtedly many road bumps along the way, but in the end all of the work becomes worth it once we reach that goal. That goes right along with the quote stating that life’s contradictions are wonderful. That quote is definitely one I will aim to remember as I go through this course, and throughout life.
Lastly, my only question to you was one I already had stated earlier in the letter: will you be able to give us a more detailed outline of what we should expect on the typical day of class, and what to expect as far as homework goes, too? It was a pleasure writing you this letter and I hope my writing capabilities will improve in your class so if I write you another letter, it will be even better.
Sincerely,
Charley Fite